lémur
[ˈlemuɾ]
The verdict
“lémur” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,433 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,433
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infraorden de primates estrepsirrinos endémicos de Madagascar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lemur · lémur · Spanish
lémur · rank #95,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,433
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lítico
Nearest frequency peer: lítico (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “lémur”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- lob
lob
4,575 corpus weight
- losers
losers
4,573 corpus weight
- loup
loup
4,572 corpus weight
- lémur
lémur
4,568 corpus weight
- lítico
lítico
4,567 corpus weight
- machacados
machacados
4,566 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “lémur” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lémur |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlemuɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lémur” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lémur is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,433 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlemuɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Infraorden de primates estrepsirrinos endémicos de Madagascar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lémur in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is lémur, spelled L-É-M-U-R.
Definition
- 1Infraorden de primates estrepsirrinos endémicos de Madagascar.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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